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At this time, Nanning Mansion is not the capital of Guangxi Province, the provincial capital is governed in Guilin Mansion, but Nanning Mansion has been extraordinarily lively since this year, and there have never been seen before before The court officials have passed here like a marquee, and the governors of the southern provinces have all arrived, and the ministers who have never seen it before have also arrived here, but they only stayed for one night, and immediately went south, as if there was a big tiger chasing him behind, but obviously, there was really something chasing him, but between three or four days, The Empress Dowager Cixi came from Hunan along the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River, passed through Guilin Mansion, Liuzhou Mansion, and went directly to Nanning Mansion.

On the afternoon of this day, the royal car arrived at the wharf of Nanning Mansion again, the left and right river systems are rich, and the boat ride is much more comfortable than the official road, although it is repeatedly emphasized to be light and simple, but the necessary guards, entourage, etc., are always indispensable, so it is still still very grand, the wharf has been driven away all the porters and boats three days in advance, the wharf here is empty, there are only large and small officials on the shore waiting for the Empress Dowager Cixi, standing here solemnly, When the giant boat on which the Empress Dowager Cixi was riding arrived at the pier, the drums rang out, and the officials threw up their sleeves and hurriedly knelt down, "The ministers respectfully invite the Empress Dowager to be proud." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi rode on the imperial boat, and an official of the General Administration Department stood on the boat and shouted below, "Holy bow! Rise! Wait for the bus! ”

"Yes!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi slowly walked down from the boat, she raised her head, looked left and right, the land of Nanning, the mountains and rivers are very beautiful, and there is a trace of wildness in the beauty, but it is very different from the Jiangnan landscape she used to see in Hangzhou, but this matter is not important, she said to Li Lianying beside her, "Little Lizi, did Vietnam come to report?" ”

"Back to Lafayette, there is no news yet, I sent a telegram yesterday to say that it is acting according to the plan," Li Lianying replied meekly, he helped the Empress Dowager Cixi to walk forward slowly, "It is inconvenient for us to receive the telegram on the ship, there is a telegram here in Nanning Prefecture, and we can know what the situation is on the front line." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, and then she condoled to the officials one by one, she couldn't remember these high-ranking officials at the deputy provincial level, such as the political envoy and the academic administration, but fortunately, Li Lianying mentioned it on the side, so she knew everyone's name, so one by one condolences past, these people didn't prevent the Empress Dowager Cixi from knowing her name, very grateful, the Empress Dowager Cixi looked at it, "Zeng Guoquan is commanding in Pingxiang, and people are not here." Why isn't Zuo Zongtang here? ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Governor Zeng has also entered Vietnam and gone to Xuanguang to supervise the army, and Lord Qincha has also entered Vietnam and gone to the front line of Langsheng," the biggest official here is Tang Rumei, the governor of Guangxi, who replied cautiously, for fear that the Empress Dowager Cixi would be angry, why didn't these adults come to greet him, "so they are not in Nanning." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi smiled slightly, "This Zuo Zongtang is running fast, but it's okay, these ministers who lead the troops are waiting here, and they don't go to the front line to supervise the battle, then they will be scolded by me." They did a good job, your logistics," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with satisfaction, "and it was also done very well, and I am very satisfied." ”

This is a great compliment, all the officials knelt down together and thanked him, this is not an excessive compliment but the truth, "The war is logistics, Guangxi, Guangdong, mainly Guangxi, guarding the gate of Vietnam, how difficult the road to Vietnam is, the big guys all know, there is silver, not it can be done, it must be shipped out in the same way." To let the soldiers in front of them serve the country without any worries, this is the most important thing, to let the new army train the army and so on to defeat the French, this guns, ammunition and artillery, is also the most important thing, I heard that many people start this year to start what spring ploughing can not take into account? And also broke the body? As for the loss of spring ploughing, it was also registered, and all the people involved in the transportation had to pay additional subsidy silver as the loss of delaying spring ploughing. "At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi is really wealthy, and she is not short of money," As for the officials of the two Guangzhou, they naturally have to be rewarded separately! ”

Heavenly praise is extremely rare, so there is a tsunami-like mountain cry on the dock, the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded with a smile, at this time, there are naturally local villagers who need to wait to be received, led by a centenarian who has been in the same hall for five generations, seeing the Empress Dowager Cixi approaching, and kneeling again, the Empress Dowager Cixi hurriedly asked the little eunuch to hold on, "No, how can the old man bow to a young man like me?" Hurry up. ”

Asked about this year's longevity, the old man replied that he was one hundred and three years old, and the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but smack her tongue, "I am only fifty this year, but I am less than half the time of the old man, if you can live as long as the old man in the future, it will be enough." ”

"The Empress Dowager is blessed and longevity, it must be a long life, longevity is boundless," the old man said a Guangxi dialect, his ears were a little deaf, so he spoke very loudly, shocking the people on the side couldn't help frowning, the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't blame, and heard that the five generations were in the same house, all living in the family's big house, couldn't help nodding and praising it, "It's really rare for such a family to live together," she said this, her afterglow swept to the side, suddenly stopped talking, turned around, and saw not far away.

Li Lianying immediately raised her head, and looked not far away, a person hurriedly walked over, holding a booklet in his hand, the old man's eyes were excellent, and when he saw that the Empress Dowager Cixi no longer paid attention to herself, she immediately stopped chattering, and the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered, "Everyone in front of you get up!" ”

The palace maids and eunuchs who were originally surrounding the Empress Dowager Cixi with a bottle of dervishes and aromatherapy copper cages all retreated, leaving a wide stone road in front, and the person hurried to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and handed the fold in his hand to the eunuch on the side, "Report!" Vietnam Urgent! ”

"Bring it up, bring it up!" The Empress Dowager Cixi urged hurriedly, the little eunuch checked the fold, and then handed it to Li Lianying, Li Lianying gave it to the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Empress Dowager Cixi took a deep breath, looked at the white-skinned fold, slowly stretched out her hand, and picked up the fold. (To be continued.) )